BART cracks down on sleeping, reclining at stations

BART police officers are cracking down on people sleeping, lying or sitting with their legs extended at San Francisco’s Powell Street station, and plan to enforce the ban at all stations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The policy is not aimed at the homeless, officials say, but is intended to make stations safer.

Authorities want to be able to evacuate stations in four to six minutes during an emergency.

"Everyone's going to spin it as an attack on the homeless," said Jeffrey Jennings BART's deputy police chief. "It isn't. It's about getting everyone out in an emergency."